Crime Fiction Awards: The Best in Mysteries, Suspense Novels and Thrillers

List of Awards

Agatha

Anthony

Arthur Ellis

Audie

Barry

Benjamin Franklin

Best Books

Blóðdropinn

Bloody Scotland Crime Novel

Bloody Words

Bruce Alexander

CrimeFest

CWA Dagger

Danish Crime Novel

Daphne du Maurier

David

Davitt

Dilys

Edgar

EPIC

Falcon

Finnish Crime Novel

ForeWord

Friedrich Glauser

Glass Key

Grand Prix de Lit. Policière

Grant Allen

Gumshoe

Hammett

Harper Lee

Indie Lit

International Book

IPPY

Irish Book

John Spray

LA Times

Lambda

Lefty

Lovey

Macavity

National (UK)

National Indie

Ned Kelly

Nero

Next Generation

Ngaio Marsh

Petrona Award

Poloni Prize

Premier

Premio Azzeccagarbugli

Premio Fedeli

Prix Mystère

Quill

Reader Views

Reviewers' Choice

Riverton Prize

SCIBA

Shamus

SMM Crime Novel

SMM Private Eye

SMM Traditional

Spotted Owl

Strand Critics

Swedish Crime Novel

Theakstons

Thriller

Tony Hillerman

Whodunit

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The Thriller Award

The winners of the Thriller Awards are announced at ThrillerFest, an annual event hosted by the International Thriller Writers organization, to recognize the best books published in this genre from the previous year.

 

    2016
  • Best Novel: The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell (Simon & Schuster)
  • Best First Novel: Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich (Putnam)
  • Best Paperback Original: Against All Enemies by John Gilstrap (Pinnacle)
  • Best Short Story: "Gun Accident" by Joyce Carol Oats (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
  • Best Young Adult: Pretending to be Erica by Michelle Painchaud (Viking Books)
  • Best e-Book Original: The Prisoner's Gold by Chris Kusneski (Chris Kuzneski)
    2015
  • Best Novel: The Fever by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)
  • Best First Novel: The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh (Spiegel & Grau)
  • Best Paperback Original: Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri (Down & Out Books)
  • Best Short Story: "The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky" by Tim L. Williams (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
  • Best Young Adult: Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano (Penguin Books)
  • Best e-Book Original: Hard Fall by C. J. Lyons (Legacy Books)
    2014
  • Best Novel: The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster)
  • Best First Novel: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (Scribner)
  • Best Paperback Original: The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon (William Morrow)
  • Best Short Story: "Footprints in the Water" by Twist Phelan (Ellery Queen)
  • Best Young Adult: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill (Hyperion)
  • Best e-Book Original: The World Beneath by Rebecca Cantrell (Rebecca Cantrell)
  • Literary Silver Bullet Award: Brenda Novak
    2013
  • Best Novel: Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman (SilverOak)
  • Best Paperback Original: Lake Country by Sean Doolittle (Bantam)
  • Best First Novel: The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Little, Brown)
  • Best Short Story: "Lost Things" by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer)
  • Best Young Adult Novel: False Memory by Dan Krokos (Hyperion Books)
  • Best eBook Original Novel: Blind Faith by C. J. Lyons (C. J. Lyons)
    2012
  • Best Novel: 11/22/63 by Stephen King (Scribner)
  • Best Paperback Original: The Last Minute by Jeff Abbott (Sphere)
  • Best First Novel: Spiral by Paul McEuen (The Dial Press)
  • Best Short Story: "Half-Lives" by Tim L. Williams (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
    2011
  • Best Novel: Bad Blood by John Sandford (Putnam)
  • Best Paperback Original: The Cold Room by J. T. Ellison (Mira)Review of The Cold Room by J. T. Ellison
  • Best First Novel: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (St. Martin's Press)Review of Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
  • Best Short Story: The God for Vengeance Cry by Richard Helms (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
    2010
  • Best Novel: The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
  • Best Paperback Original: The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli
  • Best First Novel: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
  • Best Short Story: A Stab in the Heart by Twist Phelan
    2008
  • Best Novel: The Ghost by Robert Harris
  • Best First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
  • Best Paperback Original: The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli
    2006
  • Best Novel: The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich
  • Best First Novel: Improbable by Adam Fawer
  • Best Paperback Original: Pride Runs Deep by R. Cameron Cooke

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